Valeria Zenkova


Valeria Maximovna Zenkova is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Valerie Sinitsin, she won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including one gold, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships. They are the 2013 Russian junior champions.

Career

Zenkova and Sinitsin won the bronze medal at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico City and placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Junior Championships. In mid-2011, they changed coaches from Ksenia Rumiantseva and Elena Tchaikovskaia to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They won silver and bronze medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. They then competed at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.
In the 2012–2013 Junior Grand Prix season, Zenkova / Sinitsin won the silver medal in Courchevel, France, and then won their first JGP title in Zagreb, Croatia. They qualified for their first JGP Final in Sochi, Russia and finished 5th. They won the 2013 Russian junior title. They finished 4th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Programs

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2013–2014
  • The Untouchables
    • by Ennio Morricone
    2012–2013

    • Blues: Your Heart Is As Black As Night
    by Melody Gardot
  • Cats
    • by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    2011–2012

  • Gayane
    • by Aram Khachaturian
    2010–2011
    • Unexpected Waltz
    by Mark Fradkin
    performed by Joseph Kobzon
    by Jerzy Petersburski

    Competitive highlights